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and that's because it turns out that on june 14th, the day after they started publishing the pentagon papers, there had been an angry, threatening telegram written by the attorney general to the "new york times" demandinging that they cease publication of these document, but the fbi accidentally sent the telegram to a fish company in brooklyn instead of to the "new york times." and so what the "new york times" heard the day they published the pentagon papers and the day after was nothing. and this fish company in brooklyn must have been very, very confused by the angry telegram they got from the attorney general. eventually, the attorney general and fbi got it together and stent telegram to the "new york times" demanding the return of the pentagon papers and no further publication. the times said no. they published on the 13th, the 14th, the 15th, then the government got a temporary restraining order blocking them from publishing anything further. pentagon papers was the first time the government had used courts to -- based on national security grounds. and that temporary restraining
and that's because it turns out that on june 14th, the day after they started publishing the pentagon papers, there had been an angry, threatening telegram written by the attorney general to the "new york times" demandinging that they cease publication of these document, but the fbi accidentally sent the telegram to a fish company in brooklyn instead of to the "new york times." and so what the "new york times" heard the day they published the pentagon papers and...
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we have a lot going on today including a new amounsment by the pentagon that for the first time will allow women to join men on the front lines of combat. plus -- >> you stuck to the script. you knew that something was amiss. >> correct. >> why? >> well, if anybody puts themselves in my situation, put yourself in my situation. >> manti te'o opens up to katie couric about why he lied about his girlfriend after finding out she was a fake. we'll show you more of that interview straight ahead. first, we have a lot to get to live here at 5:30 a.m. at 30 rock in new york city. starting with confirmation hearings beginning today for the man nominated to be the next secretary of state, senator john kerry is slated to go to the committee. it is the panel he chaired since 2009. kerry had not expected to draw that much resistance. let's put him if a little perspective politically. kerry served as president obama's mock debate partner during his re-election campaign. but he has pressured the administration at times urging the white house last year to speed up with the draul of u.s. troops from a
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president obama expected to nominate former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican, as his next pentagon topper. he would be the first enlisted soldier to hold that cabinet post. he's got the support of national security figures, but his senate confirmation is now shaping up to be a testy battle. republican senators suggested they'll challenge their former colleague on his tough record. he has opposed sanctions against iraq. >>> on the sunday morning hagel's critics, including li lindsey graham will louder than his backers. >> i expect that the president to nominate people different than i would think, i'm going to vote for senator kerry, i think he's very much in the main stream of thought. chuck hagel if confirmed to be secretary of defense would be the most antagonist secretary of defense. he has long severed ties with his party. this is an in your face nomination by the president. >> senator hagel has some criticism on the left. whether he questioned an openly gay nominee by president clinton was fit enough to represent the united states. >> who will. be the best job in helping to se
president obama expected to nominate former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican, as his next pentagon topper. he would be the first enlisted soldier to hold that cabinet post. he's got the support of national security figures, but his senate confirmation is now shaping up to be a testy battle. republican senators suggested they'll challenge their former colleague on his tough record. he has opposed sanctions against iraq. >>> on the sunday morning hagel's critics, including li...
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you know there, have been tons of programs in the pentagon that the pentagon never wanted. that congresspeople have put in there. >> sure. howard dean, great to have you with us. always. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. wayne lapierre might be one of the greatest hucksters of all time. i'll show you what's behind his paranoia campaign next. tea party backers show a perverse sense of humor by creating a hillary clinton sex tape. david corn broke the story. he joins us on the panel tonight. stay with us. ♪ you know my heart burns for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. â
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and this shocking number from a pentagon report. it estimates a rate of about 500 women and men in the military are assaulted every week. three every hour last year. an increase of more than a third since 2010. the proposed senate legislation would take top commanders out of the process of deciding whether a sexual misconduct case goes to trial. joining me now, iowa congressman bruce grady it's good to see you. good morning. >> thanks, chris. >> these numbers are astonishing. 30,000 sexual assaults may have taken place last year. how would your bill fix it? >> well, i've been fighting this since july of 2008 when i first became aware of the numbers. the harsh reality is the pentagon's sexual assault prevention strategy is failing. and it's time to take it outside the chain of command of convening authorities. the latest incident that you didn't refer to in italy where a jury appointed by a commanding officer convicted, a lieutenant colonel of sexual assault after hearing the evidence and had that conviction overturned by a convening
and this shocking number from a pentagon report. it estimates a rate of about 500 women and men in the military are assaulted every week. three every hour last year. an increase of more than a third since 2010. the proposed senate legislation would take top commanders out of the process of deciding whether a sexual misconduct case goes to trial. joining me now, iowa congressman bruce grady it's good to see you. good morning. >> thanks, chris. >> these numbers are astonishing. 30,000...
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. >> a group of bipartisan senators they want the pentagon to take another look at the distinguished warfare medal. it awards pilots of drones who never see battle. currently the medal is ranked higher than combat awards than the purple heart and bronze star. >>> members of the congressional black caucus are lashing out at president obama and what they call his lack of diversity among cabinet members. the group's chair points out that since mr. obama's first term the cabinet lost two of four african-americans and both hispanic members. five cabinet spots remain open. >>> a manhunt is underway this morning in washington state for a man who is accused of a double murder after being released from prison. police say michael chad boyce killed his grandparent s shortly after they threw him a welcome home party. >>> all crew members aboard a military plane died when their jet crash. the prowler was engaged in a low-level navigation training mission. >>> and the site of bloody sunday is now a national historic landmark. >>> turning to health news. one of the largest studies of its kind, in n
. >> a group of bipartisan senators they want the pentagon to take another look at the distinguished warfare medal. it awards pilots of drones who never see battle. currently the medal is ranked higher than combat awards than the purple heart and bronze star. >>> members of the congressional black caucus are lashing out at president obama and what they call his lack of diversity among cabinet members. the group's chair points out that since mr. obama's first term the cabinet lost...
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at dawn, actually, one pentagon official said look, ft. hood, where this latest case is alleged to have occurred, is three times larger than my hometown. you're going to find all sorts of people and crime being committed. i think it's wrong to think about and the idea you're going to change anybody's human behavior simply through training programs is misdirected. many lawmakers on the hill are saying you have to address the specific culture and those parts of the military justice system which leads some of these attackers to believe that they'll be able to get away with it and until that happens, i don't think you're going to see any reduction in the number of sexual assault. change the way they see these cases. >> jim miklaszewski on the beat on this one. coming up, spy games that american diplomat ordered out of russia after being caught with the tools of the cold war era secret agent, unbelievable. plus, anthony weiner takes another big step toward a run for new york city mayor. the tabloids are excited. you're watching "the daily rundo
at dawn, actually, one pentagon official said look, ft. hood, where this latest case is alleged to have occurred, is three times larger than my hometown. you're going to find all sorts of people and crime being committed. i think it's wrong to think about and the idea you're going to change anybody's human behavior simply through training programs is misdirected. many lawmakers on the hill are saying you have to address the specific culture and those parts of the military justice system which...
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november 2012 the top lawyer at the pentagon, jay johnson goes to england to give a speech when he makes the case that everything administration has been doing is legal under the laws of war but he says this war cannot last forever. it has to end. and now today, last in a long series we get the cull minute nation, the president saying yeah, the war has to end. war cannot be forever or it's not war anymore. it's something else. >> our commitment to constitutional principles has weathered every war and every war has come to an end. we must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. we have to be mindful of jay madison's warning that no nation could preserve it's freedom in the continual war not as a bound less global war on terror but rather as a series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks that threaten american. a propet l war through drones or special forces or troop deployments will prove did he feel defeating and alter our country in troubling ways. our system mat tick effort to dismantle terror organizations must continue but this
november 2012 the top lawyer at the pentagon, jay johnson goes to england to give a speech when he makes the case that everything administration has been doing is legal under the laws of war but he says this war cannot last forever. it has to end. and now today, last in a long series we get the cull minute nation, the president saying yeah, the war has to end. war cannot be forever or it's not war anymore. it's something else. >> our commitment to constitutional principles has weathered...
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the pentagon still has not even picked anyone for that gig. defense secretary chuck hagel, please call your office. when we do get one, when we finally do get an envoy at the pentagon in charge of closing guantanamo, who's betting we're going to hear about it very, very, very late on a friday night in the summer? this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for children under 18. people taking maois, linezolid or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thin
the pentagon still has not even picked anyone for that gig. defense secretary chuck hagel, please call your office. when we do get one, when we finally do get an envoy at the pentagon in charge of closing guantanamo, who's betting we're going to hear about it very, very, very late on a friday night in the summer? this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain....
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even as the pentagon has ramped up its sexual assault preference programs. as we see two of these, a lieutenant colonel in the air force. and now, a staff -- or a sergeant first class at ft. hood are now accused, or at least one is accused. the other is still under investigation. the incident at ft. hood still under investigation. i have to stress that. but quite frankly, officials we're talking to say charges in that could come any day now. so despite the pentagon's best efforts and actually spending millions of dollars on this issue, they've really haven't made any progress, statistically. now, if you talk to people on capitol hill and even people in the building who follow this, they argue that probably the only way that you can even make a dent in sexual assaults in the military is if you somehow change the military culture. and even make adjustments to the military justice system, which has led many who carry out these assaults to believe that they can do it with impunity. that they'll get away with it. so they talk a good game. zero tolerance, but nobo
even as the pentagon has ramped up its sexual assault preference programs. as we see two of these, a lieutenant colonel in the air force. and now, a staff -- or a sergeant first class at ft. hood are now accused, or at least one is accused. the other is still under investigation. the incident at ft. hood still under investigation. i have to stress that. but quite frankly, officials we're talking to say charges in that could come any day now. so despite the pentagon's best efforts and actually...
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. >>> the president says he expects consequences after the pentagon released a shameful new report on sexual assault in the military. that's next. way the bristles me to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never want to go back. its dynamic power bristles reach between teeth to remove up to 76% more plaque than sonic in hard to reach areas. oral-b deep sweep 5000 power brush. plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male
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and after the shutdown, the pentagon will reimburse them. both of our guests are msnbc contributors. it's come down to the u.s. relying on a charitable organization. >> it's not fair. fisher house has a long legacy of stepping up on behalf of service men and women around the globe so i applaud that they're stepping up in this hour. the fact of the matter is, 18, 19, 20 year olds, children like yours and mine are the young people who are dying. the very notion that their parents, that three could not immediately receive that death benefit. they call it a gratuity, but it's $100,000. and they also support the burial and travel for family. so the notion that they could not receive that money, i think is really objectionable to me. the fact of the matter is congress was briefed about this flaw. they were briefed on september 27 by the pentagon controller who said if you go through with this shutdown we will not be able to pay out these death benefits. and them on top of that, this congress went and passed a piece of legislation, the pay our sold
and after the shutdown, the pentagon will reimburse them. both of our guests are msnbc contributors. it's come down to the u.s. relying on a charitable organization. >> it's not fair. fisher house has a long legacy of stepping up on behalf of service men and women around the globe so i applaud that they're stepping up in this hour. the fact of the matter is, 18, 19, 20 year olds, children like yours and mine are the young people who are dying. the very notion that their parents, that...
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the pentagon still has not even picked anyone for that gig. defense secretary chuck hagel, please call your office. when we do get one, when we finally do get an envoy at the pentagon in charge of closing guantanamo, who's betting we're going to hear about it very, very, very late on a friday night in the summer? weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly evolve to meet your needs. every day of the week. centurylink® your link to what's next. if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because
the pentagon still has not even picked anyone for that gig. defense secretary chuck hagel, please call your office. when we do get one, when we finally do get an envoy at the pentagon in charge of closing guantanamo, who's betting we're going to hear about it very, very, very late on a friday night in the summer? weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud...
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to the pentagon. he'll express that there will be sort of a strong preference for the department of defense being the lead actor in authorizing carrying out drone strikes. on guantanamo, i think he's going to reiterate first of all his commitment to close guantanamo bay. and he'll announce a couple of steps that will help accomplish that. probably the most significant of which will be a lifting of the moratorium on transferring prisoners from guantanamo back to yemen. some of this, a lot of this will depend on cooperation with congress and i think he'll issue a calling on congress to cooperate with him. in terms of prisoner transfers. so those are you know, there will be a big message and then these couple of substantive steps. >> but at the same time, susan paige, he's going to put it back on congress to permit these transfers to go forward. congress has put a lot of restrictions on them. the president could take the step of going around congress and waiving all of those restrictions. not sure that h
to the pentagon. he'll express that there will be sort of a strong preference for the department of defense being the lead actor in authorizing carrying out drone strikes. on guantanamo, i think he's going to reiterate first of all his commitment to close guantanamo bay. and he'll announce a couple of steps that will help accomplish that. probably the most significant of which will be a lifting of the moratorium on transferring prisoners from guantanamo back to yemen. some of this, a lot of...
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that the white house is ready to pull the cism a out of the drone warfare business and put it under pentagon control instead? >> i'm a little ticked because i got scooped by somebody else on a different website on my first day on msnbc. this is a big deal. we're basically going back to the fundamentals of what the cively a should be. and they should not be a power of military force. they have clear rules of engagement under title 50 of the united states code. the military is under title 10. there should be a military operation, a drone, because it is an instrument of war. and there should be one set of rules and regulations that we abide by. >> when you were in congress serving in armed services and intel, there's a split. do you think that it is as possible for congress to oversee the intelligence community as it is for them to oversee the military? is it harder to know what the cia is doing? >> it's much harder. for several reasons. one, all you're hearing in the intelligence committee, there's no staff, you're there. i remember i was, i take copious notes and i took a bunch of notes and i
that the white house is ready to pull the cism a out of the drone warfare business and put it under pentagon control instead? >> i'm a little ticked because i got scooped by somebody else on a different website on my first day on msnbc. this is a big deal. we're basically going back to the fundamentals of what the cively a should be. and they should not be a power of military force. they have clear rules of engagement under title 50 of the united states code. the military is under title...
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sequester and how the pentagon budget will proceed. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once hagel is in charge after they made him go through this? >> if the president thought by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with people who humiliated him to this degree. secondly, he was weakened by his own poor performance. and whether he was playing rope a dope and this was a tactic to not pick a fight and get in an argument with john mccain and the others on the committee that he would then have to work with, he didn't fight back enough. claire mccaskill and other democrats, claire you saw on our show and other forums saying, look. he clearly is better at asking questions than answering questions. but still came strongly to his defense as did the other democrats on the committee. saying joe manchin and others sa
sequester and how the pentagon budget will proceed. what's it going to mean between congress and the pentagon once hagel is in charge after they made him go through this? >> if the president thought by having a republican in the cabinet at the pentagon he was going to buy any kind of loyalty or relationship with republican senators, he can think again about that. because this simply isn't happening. chuck hagel is not going to have relationships with people who humiliated him to this...
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when it is at the pentagon there is a whole group of actors who will be notified. that's a very good thing. i can tell you, john brennan is the director of cia does not want to continue to hold an armed predator, an armed reaper as one of his responsibilities. that should be the d.o.d. and the reason why jonathan is because of how the threat has evolved. >> all right, great to have both your perspectives. straight ahead, another afternoon of severe storms. a new group of americans are in the path. but there is good news coming out of this week of wild weather. we'll be happy to bring that to you next. ♪ before tori was taking her kids to lunch in her new volkswagen... before her passat had passed 30 different inspection tests, and before several thousand tennesseans discovered new jobs on volkswagen drive, their cfo and our banker met for lunch. together, we worked with a team that helped finance construction of the world's first leed platinum auto manufacturing plant. that's the impact of global connections. that's bank of america. ♪ there you go. come on, let
when it is at the pentagon there is a whole group of actors who will be notified. that's a very good thing. i can tell you, john brennan is the director of cia does not want to continue to hold an armed predator, an armed reaper as one of his responsibilities. that should be the d.o.d. and the reason why jonathan is because of how the threat has evolved. >> all right, great to have both your perspectives. straight ahead, another afternoon of severe storms. a new group of americans are in...
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all of this come as a new pentagon report shows sexual assault in the military are on the rise. actual reports of sexual assault were up 6% last year. the pentagon also says the number of sexual assaults that went unreported skyrocketed from 19,000 to 26,000. joining me now, jackie speier is taking a leading role on speaking out about both women and men in the armed forces who have been raped and sexually assaulted. first your reaction to this arrest. >> i was sick to my stomach when i heard about it. what does this say about the air force that their best and brightest, the person they put in the pentagon as a lieutenant colonel to run the sexual assault prevention and training office is someone who doesn't get it. someone who in the end will sexually assault someone in the civilian world and get charged with a sexual assault. i wonder what would have happened had it happened within the military? >> the pentagon released a statement saying, secretary hagel has expressed as you did, outrage and disgust over these troubling allegations and emphasize that's this matter will be deal
all of this come as a new pentagon report shows sexual assault in the military are on the rise. actual reports of sexual assault were up 6% last year. the pentagon also says the number of sexual assaults that went unreported skyrocketed from 19,000 to 26,000. joining me now, jackie speier is taking a leading role on speaking out about both women and men in the armed forces who have been raped and sexually assaulted. first your reaction to this arrest. >> i was sick to my stomach when i...
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again, hillary clinton receiving an award there at the pentagon just moments ago. we'll continue to watch that and we'll have more right after the break. tely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. >>> the ceo of the nra is outlining a new plan of action against gun control proposals in a new op-ed titled "stand and fight." wayne lapierre lays out his plan and explains his case for why owning a gun is not about
again, hillary clinton receiving an award there at the pentagon just moments ago. we'll continue to watch that and we'll have more right after the break. tely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps...
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. >> we're getting word from the pentagon and they're putting out the threat of furloughs. leon panetta's still secretary of defense until they decide whether or not to confirm chuck hagel. charleston, military town, very much supported by the military. this could be where it stings, but what penalty do republicans -- you're a republican member of congress, what penalty is there to bay? >> apparently some of the big budget cutters who are republicans have started to quietly approach some of the cabinet secretaries. can you exempt my little project, my road rebuilding project from what's about to happen. and i think that's actually the leverage that is most effective for the president. look, the town halls and the tour, it's going to be important in those particular markets to put pressure on particular members of congress but in a million other districts that are going to be people who are going to start to see projects go by the wayside and these folks got an eye on the calendar. 2014 is not that far away and they don't want to explain about the project. >> where are gover
. >> we're getting word from the pentagon and they're putting out the threat of furloughs. leon panetta's still secretary of defense until they decide whether or not to confirm chuck hagel. charleston, military town, very much supported by the military. this could be where it stings, but what penalty do republicans -- you're a republican member of congress, what penalty is there to bay? >> apparently some of the big budget cutters who are republicans have started to quietly approach...
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defense official said the pentagon did not want to repeat the mistakes of the iraq war. we have seen very bad movies before when intelligence is perceived to have driven policy decisions that in the withhold light of day have been proven wrong. you can seen see it in the reporting on this claim today, not just the commentary but the reporting, the "new york times" taking care to not pull another judith miller this time. the "new york times" taking these claims to outside experts today who told them for their main article about this news today it's not a smoking gun. the evidence that has emerged so far is suggestive of chemical attacks but not conclusive. not conclusive. imagine needing something to be conclusive before starting a war about it. how much does the bush administration's experience with gens a decade ago color what's happening right now? color how this administration is using with intelligence right now. let's ask somebody who knows. tommie served as national security spokesman in the obama administration and before that assistant secretary under robert gibb
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look, there is guys like ash carter who is the current number two at the pentagon who knows how that place works inside and out, and is a nuclear freakin' physicist for real. so i think he could execute the cuts just fine too. >> without the different levels of political liability? does it insulate hagel at all? >> it doesn't seem like it's inside lating him right now. i'm not buying it for later in. >> if john brennan gets confirmed to lead the cia, who do you think that would mean for that agency going forward? would you expect any inflect breezy the panetta era there? >> i think that makes the cia maybe the most important shop in town, right? so theoretically, the director of national intelligence, jim clapper sits over the cia and the 15 other intelligence agencies. you know, it was clapper who said to david petraeus, look, bro, you got to go after his affair. it's pretty hard to imagine jim clapper saying something similar to john brennan, who has been sitting with the president in the oval office day after day, directing drone strikes, also working on cyberissues which are very
look, there is guys like ash carter who is the current number two at the pentagon who knows how that place works inside and out, and is a nuclear freakin' physicist for real. so i think he could execute the cuts just fine too. >> without the different levels of political liability? does it insulate hagel at all? >> it doesn't seem like it's inside lating him right now. i'm not buying it for later in. >> if john brennan gets confirmed to lead the cia, who do you think that...
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he said this is the first time we are hearing the specific pushback from the pentagon. he's also saying, why wasn't gregory hicks interviewed by the independent review board? now, the other -- >> that gets to the fourth stage of discussion after what happened. they always shift these things around. now, i'm not saying they're dead wrong on everything. i just noticed a tactic. every time somebody defends something, they go, what about this other thing? i'm sorry. >> let me stipulate. gregory hicks has a superb record. he was the deputy chief of mission, but he is a diplomat, a foreign service officer. and the pentagon's pushback is he's not a military officer and to suggest a flyover of f-16s could have buzzed the mission, the outpost in benghazi, and scattered the attackers, is naive, number one. it's hypothetical. >> right. >> and that they couldn't get there in time in any case for the very reasons you just cited that they didn't have refueling capability. they were not on the runway. it takes a couple hours to get an airplane, an f-16, fueled up and on the runway and
he said this is the first time we are hearing the specific pushback from the pentagon. he's also saying, why wasn't gregory hicks interviewed by the independent review board? now, the other -- >> that gets to the fourth stage of discussion after what happened. they always shift these things around. now, i'm not saying they're dead wrong on everything. i just noticed a tactic. every time somebody defends something, they go, what about this other thing? i'm sorry. >> let me stipulate....
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has the pentagon given any more information about this? what is your take? >> there's two issues drawing a lot of concern one is the issue of whether planes could have been scrambled and possibly, you know, if they had been scrambled, could they have had -- i think most people by now have taken the accounting from senior military at value, it was not -- another line of questioning which i think is potential more damning, that is the decision to hold back four special operations troops who are in tripoli at the time, and potentiality to provide first aid to the americans who were wounded, being transported back. we don't yet have clarity about why that call was made and who made that call. but that was a call that certainly angered officials in tripoli, who thought this was the best course of action. then somebody up the chain of command, you know, ruled that option out and told them to stay in the capital. >> well, the push-back from the state department, let me just put it here, is that they're looking at a big picture, where there are attacks sequentially
has the pentagon given any more information about this? what is your take? >> there's two issues drawing a lot of concern one is the issue of whether planes could have been scrambled and possibly, you know, if they had been scrambled, could they have had -- i think most people by now have taken the accounting from senior military at value, it was not -- another line of questioning which i think is potential more damning, that is the decision to hold back four special operations troops who...
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on the economy, as the effects of the republican reported sequester, continued to hurt everyone from pentagon employees to public defenders. congressional republicans are steaming yet again to use the next debt ceiling vote as a negotiating tactic to hold the country hostage in exchange for more austerity. with that as a backdrop, the president laid out his vision of a middle class economy. one that is quite honestly very, very far from the economy we have now. and one that by sheer virtue of existing puts the president in stark contrast with republicans. >> if they've got a better idea to bring down college costs that we haven't thought of, let's hear them, i'm ready to go. if they have a better plan to make sure that every american knows the security of affordable health care, please share it with the class. raise your hand. what you can't do is just manufacture another crisis because you think it might be good politics. just as our economy is getting some traction. what you can't do is shut down our government just because i'm for opening the government. >> joining me now is gene spurling,
on the economy, as the effects of the republican reported sequester, continued to hurt everyone from pentagon employees to public defenders. congressional republicans are steaming yet again to use the next debt ceiling vote as a negotiating tactic to hold the country hostage in exchange for more austerity. with that as a backdrop, the president laid out his vision of a middle class economy. one that is quite honestly very, very far from the economy we have now. and one that by sheer virtue of...
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and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. >>> welcome back. they attempted to bully secretary of state clinton yesterday. they were back at it again today. senators mccain, johnson, and paul are ignoring the truth about the attack on benghazi so they can advance their right-wing agenda. secretary of state hillary clinton smacked down tea party senator ron johnson yesterday. johnson blundered again at senator john kerry's confirmation hearing today. >> you work with me then on an ongoing basis so we can get that behind us so we can find out what a
and later the pentagon lifts a ban on women in combat and the righties are all up in arms about that. goldie taylor will join me and we'll get her take. don't forget you can listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127. share your thoughts with us on facebook and twitter using the #edshow and we are coming right back. [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and...
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the pentagon press secretary released this statement from hagel. i cannot convey strongly enough secretary hagel's frustration, anger and disappointment over these troubling allegations and the breakdown in discipline and standards they imply to address the broader concerns that have arisen out of these allegations and other recent events, secretary hagel is directing all services to retrain, recredential, rescreen all sexual assault prevention and response personnel and military recruiters. this news comes days after the head of the air force sexual assault prevention program was arrested and charged with sexual battery after groping a woman in a parking lot. joining me now, msnbc's joy reid. joy, my head is spinning here, forcing a soldier into prostitution? i thought i had read everything already that could happen in one of these cases. >> yeah, lawrence. what's doubly frightening about what's happening now in terms of the two cases, it appears sexual predators, saying allegedly, because these are still charges, are zeroing in on jobs that place
the pentagon press secretary released this statement from hagel. i cannot convey strongly enough secretary hagel's frustration, anger and disappointment over these troubling allegations and the breakdown in discipline and standards they imply to address the broader concerns that have arisen out of these allegations and other recent events, secretary hagel is directing all services to retrain, recredential, rescreen all sexual assault prevention and response personnel and military recruiters....
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government running includes money to soften the blow of the sequester, $10 billion would be shifted to pentagon operations from other defense-related accounts, but the heritage foundation points out this would not address the sequester's impact on military readiness and defense capabilities. which do you agree on? >> i believe this gets us part of the way there. it doesn't solve the whole challenge. i'm optimistic we can find an agreement here, but this debate is the question about whether we'll raise taxes to do it. i would not have supported the january 1st tax increase action but it brought $600 billion to the table. the president promised a 4 to 1 balance in the campaign and we needed to get serious. >> when we talked about the effects on defense spending because of the sequester as well as a continuing resolution, which continues that level in terms of monetary value, what are some of the suggestions you would make? because you said you did not agree with the structuring of it. how would you restructure that debt? >> i think at times you have to question whether the president is choosing g
government running includes money to soften the blow of the sequester, $10 billion would be shifted to pentagon operations from other defense-related accounts, but the heritage foundation points out this would not address the sequester's impact on military readiness and defense capabilities. which do you agree on? >> i believe this gets us part of the way there. it doesn't solve the whole challenge. i'm optimistic we can find an agreement here, but this debate is the question about...
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members of the joint chiefs of staff went before the senate armed services committee to answer for a pentagon report showing 26,000 people in the military were sexual assaulted in 2012. just over 3,000 were reported. senator claire mccaskill is concerned that the military doesn't even get the reporting right because crimes like rape are in a category with minor incidents. >> unwanted sexual contact is everything from somebody looking at you sideways when they shouldn't to someone pushing you against the wall and brutally raping you. success is going to look like this. more reports of rape, sodomy, and assault, and less incidents of rape, sodomy and assault. >> under current law, senior officers decide whether charges can be brought against service members accused of a crime under their supervision. some of them can even throw out guilty verdicts. senator jill brand put forth a bill to take those decisions out of the hands of military and give them to lawyers out of the chain of command. that bill co-sponsored by four republicans, 13 democrats. the commanders agree the military failed to stop
members of the joint chiefs of staff went before the senate armed services committee to answer for a pentagon report showing 26,000 people in the military were sexual assaulted in 2012. just over 3,000 were reported. senator claire mccaskill is concerned that the military doesn't even get the reporting right because crimes like rape are in a category with minor incidents. >> unwanted sexual contact is everything from somebody looking at you sideways when they shouldn't to someone pushing...
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watch this from him. >> the pentagon said today that there may be as many as 70 sexual assaults a day in the military up by 35% during your term in office. and also that many sexual assaults may not be reported, in fact. given what we know about an air force officer in charge of preventing sexual assaults recently being charged with sexual assault, can you speak to the culture in the u.s. military that may be at play here and talk about your response to that and what you can do going forward to improve things? >> well, let's start with the principle that sexual assault is an outrage. it is a crime. that's true for society at large and if it's happening inside our military, then whoever carries it out is betraying the uniform that they're wearing. they may consider themselves patriots, but when you engage in this kind of behavior, that's not patriotic. it's a crime. and we have to do everything we can to root this out. for those who are in uniform, who have experienced sexual assault, i want them to hear directly from their commander in chief that i've got their backs, i will support t
watch this from him. >> the pentagon said today that there may be as many as 70 sexual assaults a day in the military up by 35% during your term in office. and also that many sexual assaults may not be reported, in fact. given what we know about an air force officer in charge of preventing sexual assaults recently being charged with sexual assault, can you speak to the culture in the u.s. military that may be at play here and talk about your response to that and what you can do going...
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if you want to look at waste, fraud and abuse, you look at the pentagon. the billions of dollars, the trillions of dollars that have gone out in these useless and unnecessary wars. when you look at waste, fraud and abuse, that's part of their argument that people are gaming the system. that is not the case. >> congressman barbara lee, thank you so much for coming by tonight. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll tell you what impresses me. a talking train. this ge locomotive can tell you exactly where it is, what it's carrying, while using less fuel. delivering whatever the world needs, when it needs it. ♪ after all, what's the point of talking if you don't have something important to say? ♪ to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal. vo: i've always thought the best part about this country is that we get to create our future. you get to take ow
if you want to look at waste, fraud and abuse, you look at the pentagon. the billions of dollars, the trillions of dollars that have gone out in these useless and unnecessary wars. when you look at waste, fraud and abuse, that's part of their argument that people are gaming the system. that is not the case. >> congressman barbara lee, thank you so much for coming by tonight. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. [ kitt ] you know what's impressive? a talking car. but i'll...
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our thanks to jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. >>> a new threat today at the florida gas plant that caught fire and a series of charge explosions last night. rescue workers found a new leak in one of the 30,000 gallon propane tanks. the media there have been asked to move back as firefighters sprayed the tank to avoid another explosion. all workers have been accounted for after the fire started last night that sent 100-foot flames into the air and smashparked multiple fires. eight people were injured and the neighborhood around the plant was evacuated. today officials are still investigating what caused the fire. in a press conference this morning, the local fire chief said he was awakened by the sound of the explosions. >> last night about 10:30 we had our first ignition over here at the blue rhino plant. i live about two or three miles away from here as the crow flies and it shook my house. so i knew it was bad right off the bat. so responded here with our crews. we've been here through the night. the fire is out. ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will
our thanks to jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. >>> a new threat today at the florida gas plant that caught fire and a series of charge explosions last night. rescue workers found a new leak in one of the 30,000 gallon propane tanks. the media there have been asked to move back as firefighters sprayed the tank to avoid another explosion. all workers have been accounted for after the fire started last night that sent 100-foot flames into the air and smashparked multiple fires. eight...
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he had been nominated, and they had told us only five or six days ago that he was still -- the pentagon still wants him to take that position. he was temporarily sidelined by an inquiry into whether they were inappropriate emails between him and jill kelly, the tampa woman involved in the whole petraeus situation, and then he was cleared of any wrong doing by the pentagon. >> you know, we're told now that this -- i mean, this is a sad episode. we're told he did not want to come to -- his family would be involved, and he would have to answer questions. >> you know, draen, i think this shows you that even when you are cleared now the damage done. it's -- it seems hard for me to believe that if the whole jill kelly episode hpt ever aired publicly, that he would have decided he would have wanted to step aside. it seemed like he was on the fast track to get that job. these things -- i think what everyone forgets, this is true with military, this is true with particularly at that level, and it's absolutely true of politicians. these people are people. the focus of the coverage of these emails
he had been nominated, and they had told us only five or six days ago that he was still -- the pentagon still wants him to take that position. he was temporarily sidelined by an inquiry into whether they were inappropriate emails between him and jill kelly, the tampa woman involved in the whole petraeus situation, and then he was cleared of any wrong doing by the pentagon. >> you know, we're told now that this -- i mean, this is a sad episode. we're told he did not want to come to -- his...
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who said he realized as a top rand corporation official and pentagon official, he had a kind of access that most people didn't, and if he were to give out the information, a secret history of u.s. involvement in the war in vietnam, he could stop the deaths of ta3dh of thousands of u.s. soldiers, perhaps, and millions of people in vietnam, cambodia. he opted for that and helped end the war in vietnam. this is 40 years later, and this young man is deeply concerned about something he learned that says, that affects not only all americans, but people all over the world. >> karen, as someone who, you know, you and i are both on the broad coalition of the center left of america, and i find something powerful about the sheer and raw and evident conscience that is displayed in that video. i mean, it has to -- like, from the place i come from as a progressi progressive, that speaks to me that there's someoá&z( moral vision there. >> it does. and look, i remember very clearly when i was at the dnc, when we were fighting the bush administration on the warrantless wiretapping. i mean, many democr
who said he realized as a top rand corporation official and pentagon official, he had a kind of access that most people didn't, and if he were to give out the information, a secret history of u.s. involvement in the war in vietnam, he could stop the deaths of ta3dh of thousands of u.s. soldiers, perhaps, and millions of people in vietnam, cambodia. he opted for that and helped end the war in vietnam. this is 40 years later, and this young man is deeply concerned about something he learned that...
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do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no, absolutely. and even their fixation on benghazi is located in state. they went after hillary clinton -- >> 100%. >> that has nothing to do with this job either. at the end of the day i started out says, confirm chuck hagel. he was an enlisted man, fought in vietnam. i'm saying, i don't know why i support him because it hasn't been about him at all. >> joy reed and chris hayes. thank you for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, wane lapierre, i'll be joined in rebuttal, by someone who is on the nra's enemy list. >>> and in the "rewrite tonight" if there was no
do i care if chuck hagel is running the pentagon? as far as i can tell, no one has done much in congress to sort of sort that out. >> and the one thing that job, is a policymaker. that is not the person who decides whether we go to war but takes the orders from the white house about how to implement it. that is not the person who decides what our relationship is with any other foreign country. those issues belong in other jobs. that's what they made the whole hearing about. >> no,...
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i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon, little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice. and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> well, senator hagel is a straight talker from the midwest. he'll give you an unvarnished opinion, and very outspoken. but he has stated his unequivocal total support for israel, saying critics have completely distorted his record. graham predicted other republicans would have a hard time with hagel's nomination. and it just makes you wonder what is really behind all this. senator graham complained that hagel had cut ties with the republican party. but obviously president obama isn't under any requirement to nominate anybody from any party, especially the republicans in the first place. maybe republicans don't like the fact that hagel won't be so eager to get us into another confrontation overseas. here is more from the president. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that's something we only do wh
i don't know what his management experience is regarding the pentagon, little if any. so i think it's an incredibly controversial choice. and it looks like the second term of barack obama is going to be an in-your-face term. >> well, senator hagel is a straight talker from the midwest. he'll give you an unvarnished opinion, and very outspoken. but he has stated his unequivocal total support for israel, saying critics have completely distorted his record. graham predicted other republicans...
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the plan would ease the cuts on the pentagon, but give the pentagon $2 million more than the president asked for. republicans think about this, would keep all the austerity for the programs that the democrats don't want to see cut. but the cuts that they don't like would be mostly reversed. that's how they're going to fix it. to review, the sequester was supposed to be the equal pain for both parties. bipartisan dumbness. bipartisan arbitrariness. that was the whole point. that was the design. today house republicans said the parts we do not like, we think we're going to undo them. all the rest of it, the reduction in funds for housing programs could force people in emergency shelters out on to the street. the reduction in wic funding that could leave three quarters of a million low income women and children without benefits. when you're talking about wic, that means without infant formula. or 11% reduction in unemployment benefits for people not able to find a job. all of that will stay gone away. it's fine for all of that to have gone away. those cuts must be seen now as permanent. t
the plan would ease the cuts on the pentagon, but give the pentagon $2 million more than the president asked for. republicans think about this, would keep all the austerity for the programs that the democrats don't want to see cut. but the cuts that they don't like would be mostly reversed. that's how they're going to fix it. to review, the sequester was supposed to be the equal pain for both parties. bipartisan dumbness. bipartisan arbitrariness. that was the whole point. that was the design....
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slash spending, short the pentagon. crew up traffic control whatever raises the noise level, bashes the democrats and lowers hope. is this the tea party dream? is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster, it doomsday machine, this sequestration go all out berserk? how else can we understand the party of lincoln doing such economic damage to the republic, such damage and moral to the people. democrat ed rendell and republican michael steele. gentlemen, i want to start with you, michael, because i know you will disagree with me and that's what this is about. i read a lot of good reporting today, not analysis, but good reporting from your side of the aisle, further right than you i believe, that says, great, let's have sequestration. l
slash spending, short the pentagon. crew up traffic control whatever raises the noise level, bashes the democrats and lowers hope. is this the tea party dream? is this john boehner's version of feeding time at the zoo, giving the crazies what they want so they will sit in their seats and behave? is this final payment to insanity the last vestige of what calm republicanism is ready to cough up? but how else can you explain the readiness of the gop leadership to let this fraken stein's monster,...
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the pentagon just asked for $450 million to upgrade it. it's not meant to be a permanent prison. it was always meant to be a temporary. so i think, yes, the hunger strike has brought it into focus. the president himself said, i don't want these people to die. then he's got a real mess on his hands. what you're going to hear today, i agree with e.j., they are going to tell us that they are relocating some of these people. they are working on that right now they are working on yemen, afghanistan. they had a lot of pushback when they tried to suggest u.s. prisons. that is not going to happen. for him, he's going to try to build a very logical case why this has to happen finally. >> when you look at both obviously, as you point out, some level of risk associated with them, e.j., but when you look at that cost benefit analysis in very real terms, is a big part of it, and i'm talking about both the drone program and gitmo, the goodwill that we might get in some countries where this was being used as recruiting tools. >> i think that's absolutely right. guantanamo has become such a powe
the pentagon just asked for $450 million to upgrade it. it's not meant to be a permanent prison. it was always meant to be a temporary. so i think, yes, the hunger strike has brought it into focus. the president himself said, i don't want these people to die. then he's got a real mess on his hands. what you're going to hear today, i agree with e.j., they are going to tell us that they are relocating some of these people. they are working on that right now they are working on yemen, afghanistan....
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. >>> also the pentagon officially lifted the ban on women in combat today. in reality women have already been in combat for some time, certainly exposed to enemy fire as tammy duckworth can attest to. >>> everyone agrees now is the best time to two decades to push for gun safety laws. today senator dianne feinstein introduced an assault weapons ban. i think we're going to do background checks. >>> and paul browne, who lost year called evolution lies straight from the bit of hell is back at it. he says president obama is upholding, wait for this, the soviet constitution. boy, he's up to date. >>> and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ v
. >>> also the pentagon officially lifted the ban on women in combat today. in reality women have already been in combat for some time, certainly exposed to enemy fire as tammy duckworth can attest to. >>> everyone agrees now is the best time to two decades to push for gun safety laws. today senator dianne feinstein introduced an assault weapons ban. i think we're going to do background checks. >>> and paul browne, who lost year called evolution lies straight from the...
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pentagon also did not announce which of the detainees would go first. the news comes as detainees are on a five-month-long hunger strike over the conditions of their detention. we will continue to follow this story. look i'm in a committed relationship with activia and i've been happy now with activia greek i can have the best of both. activia greek. ♪ dannon [ herbie ] there's no doubt about it brent, a real gate keeper. here's kevin, the new boyfriend. lamb to the slaughter. that's right brent. mom's baked cookies but he'll be lucky to make it inside. and here's the play. oh dad did not see this coming. [ crowd cheering ] now if kevin can just seize the opportunity. it's looking good, herbie. he's seen it. it's all over. nothing but daylight. yes i'd love a cookie. [ male announcer ] make a powerful first impression. the all-new nissan sentra. ♪ [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. ocuvite. help protect your ey
pentagon also did not announce which of the detainees would go first. the news comes as detainees are on a five-month-long hunger strike over the conditions of their detention. we will continue to follow this story. look i'm in a committed relationship with activia and i've been happy now with activia greek i can have the best of both. activia greek. ♪ dannon [ herbie ] there's no doubt about it brent, a real gate keeper. here's kevin, the new boyfriend. lamb to the slaughter. that's right...
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slow-motion shutdown, across-the-board cuts, and that is hurting military families as it squeezes the pentagon. and i think the military voters hate the sequester and the shutdown more than they are homophob homophobic. and by the way, there is not a lot of homophobia in the military. there is not as much as e.w. jackson hopes there is. >> all right, joan walsh and also a wonderful to have both of you here tonight. and terri o'neill, thanks so much. thanks for coming from washington to do this. this is a big race. >> it is. >> virginia is a big state in 2016. it's one the democrats i think are going to have to have. and if terry mcallive is governor, he'll have his work cut out for the integrity of the vote. there's a lot more of "the ed show." stick around. stay with us. >>> i'm josh lipton with your cnbc market wrap. stocks down across the board after the fed announced it would continue its $85 billion a month stimulus program. the dow lost 61, the s&p down 8. and the nasdaq shed 21. facebook stock moving higher after the company topped expectations in the third quarter. revenue jumped 60% o
slow-motion shutdown, across-the-board cuts, and that is hurting military families as it squeezes the pentagon. and i think the military voters hate the sequester and the shutdown more than they are homophob homophobic. and by the way, there is not a lot of homophobia in the military. there is not as much as e.w. jackson hopes there is. >> all right, joan walsh and also a wonderful to have both of you here tonight. and terri o'neill, thanks so much. thanks for coming from washington to do...
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pentagon workers will be furloughed. is that a conservative value? the party's whole argument against this law is nonsense. but this comment from congressman yo-ho is a yoke. >> i had an indian doctor in our office the other day, very dark skin with two non-dark skin people. and i said look at him. and they started laughing. and i said have you ever been to tanning booth? and he said no, i don't need. so i'm going to go get to a suntanning booth so i can come out and say i have been disenfranchised because i got taxed because of the color of my skin. >> a tanning tax is racist. what is this, the jersey shore? hey congressman snooki, i'm not laughing. joining me is congressman allen grayson, democrat from florida and cynthia tucker, a pulitzer prize winning syndicated columnist. thank you both for your time and coming on the show tonight. >> good to be here, rev. >> congressman grayson, let me start with you. the health care law is racist because of a tanning tax? is that all they've got left? >> well, it's another weapon of mass distraction. what thi
pentagon workers will be furloughed. is that a conservative value? the party's whole argument against this law is nonsense. but this comment from congressman yo-ho is a yoke. >> i had an indian doctor in our office the other day, very dark skin with two non-dark skin people. and i said look at him. and they started laughing. and i said have you ever been to tanning booth? and he said no, i don't need. so i'm going to go get to a suntanning booth so i can come out and say i have been...